Day15 of the 100 day project

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Day 15.
No sun.
3 pieces of a very thuggish pink persicaria transplanted: all to places where it is difficult to grow anything at all!
OK, persicaria.  Do your worst, or best, not sure which.

Do you have thugs and if you do, what do you do with them?

Comments

  1. rusty duck15 April 2018 at 22:33

    Crocosmia (the common sort). Bonfire.
    I started off relocating it but there is only so much you need! Persicaria though I do find useful. I’ve transplanted some recently too, it is great for quickly filling up the large gaps I still have on the bank and it doesn’t flop over everything else as the crocosmia tends to do.

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    1. Elizabeth Musgrave16 April 2018 at 13:07

      I like persicaria too! I like it's upright stance. It just needs room to itself as here at any rate it won't coexist!

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  2. Diana Studer15 April 2018 at 22:48

    Thug - ivy - bagged up for the municipal compost.

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    1. Elizabeth Musgrave16 April 2018 at 13:07

      We have ivy here too.again it's another thing that I like, in its place!

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  3. Anne Wareham16 April 2018 at 10:00

    Cherish them. XXx

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    1. Elizabeth Musgrave16 April 2018 at 13:09

      Well I do! We need thugs up here because they thrive. Maybe I just need to use them differently

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